The seeds of emotional turmoil inherent in medical education are planted early in the pursuit of becoming a doctor. It is the unspoken fear that medical students and residents experience each day on attending rounds. It is the worry of missing a vital piece of...

I sat across the table from my physician client and listened to her story. She asks, “How can it be that after 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency training in my chosen field I feel so disillusioned and disconnected? Instead of seeing the excitement of...

Medicine was my path. I’d decided that early in life before I knew what a career in medicine really looked like. I believed as a doctor I could help people and have a positive impact in their lives. After all what does a teenager really know about being a doctor. I’m...

There comes a time in a doctor’s medical career when the demands of caring for patients is too much. In order to survive doctors put on armor so that we can go into the battlefield of medicine and do the work we do. The armor is the walls and barriers we erect to...

We don’t talk much about passion in medicine anymore.What is your passion in medicine? What was it that sparked your initial desire to pursue a career in medicine? What is the impact that you are called to make as a doctor? I was speaking to a friend who is not in...

About Me

Dr. Stephanie Wellington’s passion for teaching and the well-being of the people in medicine guided her to blend life and career mentorship with her medical career. This has given birth to Nurturing MDs, where medical professionals embrace the life skills and success strategies to not just survive, but thrive in medicine. Physicians care for people at the most vulnerable times in their lives. Who cares for the physician? Through speaking, webinar trainings, mentor calls, and guidance clients adopt new ways to live and succeed in medicine.